HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Locati Architects LLC

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jan 25, 2021

Filed

Feb 17, 2021

To disclose

23 days

Affected

1state residents only

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Locati Architects LLC →2 incidents on file

Locati Architects LLC notified Montana residents of unauthorized access to an employee email account between Nov 16, 2020 and Jan 25, 2021. Names and SSNs were accessible. The company engaged forensic specialists, reset passwords, implemented MFA, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 70 days

discovery → filing · 23 days

Nov 16, 2020

Begins

Jan 25, 2021

Discovered

Feb 17, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

15 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1 affectedView incident

Name: Locati Architects LLC
norm: locati architects
Domain: locatiarchitects.com

Name: Locati Architects LLC
norm: locati architects
Domain: locatiarchitects.com
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Jan 25, 2021
Breach occurred: Nov 16, 2020 – Jan 25, 2021
Undetected for: 70 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 17, 2021
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Launched an investigation with the assistance of outside computer forensics specialists
Reset passwords for Locati email accounts
Implemented multifactor authentication for our email account login process
Reviewing our policies and procedures relating to data security
Offering you access to twelve (12) months of complimentary credit monitoring services through TransUnion
Changes made: Implemented multifactor authentication for our email account login process
Reviewing our policies and procedures relating to data security
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 23 days(23 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Evidence ladder

Leak-site claim

Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.

Press / market report

Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.

State AG / regulator filingThis record

Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.

SEC 8-K / victim statement

Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.

Source URL: https://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/Locati-Notify.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 17, 2021
Raw hash: e966ec38d35bcdf212b715c19a9e1444c38daee544def3bc4870ab08d276f6a1

Reporting entityLocati Architects LLC

Victim entityLocati Architects LLC

Incidentdiscovered Jan 25, 2021

Stated responseLaunched an investigation with the assistance of outside computer forensics specialists

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov